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May 4, 2015 Liam Mathews

The New York Post reports that there is at least one train-conducting degenerate splattering bottles of piss all over the N-train tracks at Astoria Boulevard on some “some men just want to watch the world burn“-type shit. Working on a tip from fed-up motormen who have had enough of their colleague treating the tracks as […]

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Liam Mathews

The bust of Edward Snowden in Fort Greene Park seems to have inspired a trend: artists and activists erected statues of Snowden, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, and U.S. Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning in Berlin’s Alexanderplatz Square on Friday as part of May Day celebrations, Newsweek reports. The sculptures were created by Italian sculptor Davide Dormino […]

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Bucky Turco

Since September 11th, the NYPD has maintained a security perimeter around its headquarters at One Police Plaza that’s unlike any other building in NYC. It includes the closure of smaller side streets and the occupation of Park Row, a vital 4-lane roadway that used to connect Chinatown to Lower Manhattan. For cops, the underutilized street […]

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Bucky Turco

Over the weekend, a pair of graffiti artists from New York City went to Baltimore to create a tribute for police brutality victim Freddie Gray. Writers 2ESAE and VEW painted the memorial piece at the Gilmor Homes housing project where Gray was arrested and last seen alive. Already, it has spread throughout social media and […]

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Liam Mathews

Another day, another video of the NYPD being awful. In this video, uploaded to YouTube on April 30 by the man being arrested, two officers in the Bronx are seen illegally arresting a man during a traffic stop. The man set his phone camera to record and put it in the cupholder, which the cops […]

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The Dusty Rebel

On Friday night, Irving Plaza hosted the sold out, 25th annual Night of 1,000 Stevies—an over-the-top celebration of rock icon and cult hero Stevie Nicks. One of NYC’s most decadent underground traditions, it was founded in 1990 by the legendary nightclub and event producers The Jackie Factory, and has become the largest and most beloved […]

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Prachi Gupta

The State Liquor Authority has fined hundreds of stores in New York City for selling alcohol to underage persons, the New York Daily News reports. The SLA sent in “decoys” to city pharmacies, liquor stores and bodegas across the city. Nearly 60 percent of the stories targeted sold to minors, and will have to cough […]

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Bucky Turco

Vincent & Jules, East River Esplanade. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]

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May 1, 2015 Aymann Ismail

In true May Day spirit, protesters occupy the Guggenheim to raise awareness about the museum using extremely low paid migrant workers to build its new branch in Abu Dhabi. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]

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Liam Mathews

The tetrahedron is the coolest of all of Manhattan’s current residential construction projects. The 709-unit building at West 57th St and the West Side Highway is a jagged, highly unique pyramid designed by young Danish hotshot architect Bjarke Ingels. A tetrahedron is a polyhedron with four triangle faces, three of which meet at each corner. […]

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